Low Copper-2 Intake in Switzerland Does Not Result in Lower Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease and Contradicts the Copper-2 Hypothesis

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Journal Exp Biol Med (Maywood)

Specialty Biology

Date 2020 Jan 18

PMID 31948291

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Marc Solioz

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